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Iron Age metalwork, Roman brooches and coins, a Middle Saxon pin, ring, and other metalwork, and medieval and post-medieval coins and metal objects, found by metal-detecting in 2009. Metal-detecting in 2010 recovered Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins, as well as Romano-British, Early Saxon, Middle Saxon, Middle Saxon/Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval metal objects.

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September 1989. Found with metal-detecting. [1].Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, and medieval metalwork. Four individually plotted objects, rest in area shown on 1:2500 plot in file. List in file. See [1] to (6). A. Rogerson (NAU), 6 October 1989.

October 1989. Further metal-detecting finds. See list in file. A. Rogerson (NAU), October 1989.

October 1989. Further finds with metal-detecting.Many finds, Roman to post-medieval. See list in file. A. Rogerson (NAU), November 1989.

October 1989. Further finds with metal-detecting. Roman, medieval metalwork. See list and 1:2500 map in file. See [2] to [7].A. Rogerson (NAU), October 1989.

It is possible that the Early Saxon finds from the site represent a cemetery and that the unusual quantity of Middle Saxon material may hint at the beginning of a settlement on the site, which may or may not have been continuously occupied into the medieval period.E. Bales (NLA), 15 February 2008.

21 July 2010.The Middle Saxon silver hooked tag found in March 2009 and reported as Treasure case 2009 T169 was declared Treasure at inquest and acquired by Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service in July 2010.E. Darch (NLA), 28 July 2010.